Learning in Times of Anxiety and Fear

There have been times in my life when sleep evaded me. Ministry related or life related events caused me to become fearful or anxious. Sometimes it was due to sin and a broken fellowship with God. At other times it was God calling me or moving me into a new area of service or ministry. Those times are not easy but they do grow you quickly. Jacob had such a night. When God told him to return, his past began to haunt him. He was fearful that his brother Esau still had murderous intention toward him. As Jacob did all he could to placate his brother and protect his family, he knew that ultimately it was all in God’s hands. I've had those nights; how about you? It is in those early hours of the morning when we come before the Lord in a most honest, most vulnerable and most dependent way that brings us to the place of real communication.  Worship and learning take place in those times in our life walk with God.

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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 

Genesis 32:30